Who is The Eagle County Continuing Education Community Collaborative?  The Collaborative is a group of community members who have collectively made an effort to streamline the giving of financial awards to high school students from Eagle County to continue their education.   Many local awards are offered through this collaborative and the list may change from year to year dependent on those providing awards The following list is NOT all –inclusive:

• Alexander J. Allen Trust Scholarship
• American Gypsum
• American Legion Auxiliary No.

• Crissa Lea Swinford Memorial Scholarship

• Eagle Lion’s Club 
• Eagle River Scholarship Fund/Grant of Aid

• Eagle County Soil Conservation District
• The Ferguson Family Foundation Scholarship
• 1^st Bank Scholarship
• Gateway Land & Development  
• Gypsum Valley Gun
• The Joey Norpayak Memorial
• Lessons Learned Scholarship
• Minturn VFW Post 10721 Scholarship
• Project Graduation Scholarship BMHS
• Colorado Mountain College HERO Scholarship Program

o        Culinary Arts Culinary Arts Institute-Beaver Creek Resort Company Scholarship

• Culinary Arts Open Scholarship 

o        R.A. Nelson & Associates Scholarship Colorado Mountain College

·         Vail-Edwards-Eagle Rotary Clubs Scholarship/Grant Award     

·         Vail Valley Foundation Scholarship Program

• Karri Casner Scholarship at Colorado Mountain College

·         Vail Resorts, Inc. Scholarship

• Vail Chapter of P.E.O.
• Vail Valley Jet Center Scholarship
• The Youth Foundation Guardian Scholar Program

What does the Collaborative Do?

In 2001 several Eagle Valley scholarship sponsors came together to advocate for broader access to higher education for Eagle County students.  In order to make sure that all students have equal access, a single scholarship application was developed.  The collective group believes that while higher education is a big challenge, every student who has the desire to work toward a college degree should have the opportunity to do so.  The Eagle County Continuing Education Collaborative is working to make the dream of higher education a reality for as many students as possible.

While there are scholarships for 4-year university programs, many participants of the scholarship collaboration realize that that is not in the plans for many students and may award scholarships to students with less traditional career goals, such as junior college and vocational programs. Each scholarship donor develops their own criteria, and their individual considerations and requests are respected.  The vast majority of scholarships are based on financial need, based on donor determination.

The collaborative scholarship application is distributed to every high school senior in our community at all five Eagle County high schools:

·          Battle Mountain High School (RE50 school district)

·          Eagle Valley High School (RE50school district)

·          Red Canyon Alternative High School (RE50school district)

·          Vail Mountain School

·          Vail Christian Academy